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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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